Musings on the subject of Revolution

By Matthew Patterson

Words escape in frantic spurts
Causing unintentioned hurts
Control eludes you once again
Discipline to stop the pain
Experience earned will help allay
Nouns and verbs you use to flay
Learn to seek and you will find
Revolution of the mind

A whispered word, a calming hand
Bring peace to beloved woman or man
Find in yourself faith, hope, and love
Virtues earned from sky above
Banish all cruelty, hate despise
Become worthy in their eyes
From loved ones never set apart
Revolution of the heart

It whirls around you, dark and deep
That world you visit in your sleep
Utopia, though dimly seen,
In imagination's eye does gleam
Your flailing digits cannot feel
What you can plainly see is real
In this world a spark ignite
Revolution of the sight

Stand poised at the divided street
Save or damn all those you meet
By your own hand the world remake
The strength of all free creatures break
Or step off from the path entire
Observe the world from gilded spire
To integrate and make you whole
Revolution of the soul

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